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Mom et al

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Mom et al · 2W ago

Quiet Please

You would think in the Big Apple that you might have yourself a celebrity sighting. Well, I guess I did but first it happened right in Providence. My coworker and I were standing outside the Providence train station, waiting to head off for a week of training, when Martin Sheen stepped out of a car.
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Mom et al · 1M ago

Me vs It

This morning I was putting away some dishes in the dishwasher that I had neglected last night. As I was doing so, the hugest bellied spider that I have ever seen in this house came scurrying across the counter at me. It was coming. Right. For me. Naturally I screamed bloody murder and would have jum
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Mom et al · 1M ago

Live Through This

I was driving to pick up my daughter from school yesterday, when on route I passed over 20 high school-aged kids standing on the side of the road. They were huddled in small groups; many were hugging, bunches of flowers were piled at their feet. It was an unmistakable indicator that something terrib
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Mom et al · 2M ago

Homonymous Disappointment

It was early morning. We were all up and starting our daily routine when we heard a huge bang. It was the sort of noise where you could feel the vibration throughout the entire house. I immediately assumed it was a transformer and expected us to lose power. We did not, but the source of the [...]
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Mom et al · 2M ago

Reading Remedy

I have a habit of reading before bed. The word ‘habit’ feels misused, as if I know it should be something else, but what started out as a childhood hobby has become a bit of a necessity. If I want to properly shut down my brain and prepare my body for a restful sleep, I need to [...]
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Mom et al · 3M ago

Facebook Is Like Hogwarts

I learned something about social networking recently. In one particular way, Facebook is a lot like Hogwarts. Help, will always be given to those who ask for it. It was still dark on Saturday morning when my two children burst into my bedroom. Within moments I was wide awake. Only the wails and rush
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Mom et al · 4M ago

Musings of a Tech Family Snuggle

When I had risen, all that I heard was silence. Unease swept over me. They had to be awake by now. I paused at their empty bedrooms and crept downstairs. I found them lying together on the couch. Each head was propped at an end on pillows, their bodies stretched towards each other; toes touching. [.
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Mom et al · 4M ago

New Year’s Quiz 2011

It is likely ill advised to complete my annual New Year’s Quiz and yearly recap while suffering a head cold and a brain crippling NyQuil hangover, but alas, it is time. The year 2011 is coming to a close; am I the only one who feels as though it was gone in a blink? OK, so [...]
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Mom et al · 5M ago

Creative Elf Syndrome

Brace yourselves, a new epidemic is upon us, and you could be next. Each night, all across the country moms and dads can be found holding a tiny red dude and muttering to themselves, “No, I did that already…that won’t work…why won’t it stay up…I can’t use tape, they’d know if I used tape…” Yes, it [
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Mom et al · 6M ago

I Spy Crazy People

When children spend at least 30 minutes in a car every day they find ways to entertain themselves. For my kids, what started out as an ordinary game of I Spy is now an obsessive hunt. What are they hunting? The title may give you a clue, but let me explain how this all came about. The [...]
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